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Oregon Wild commented on Forest, Carbon, Climate Myths The mtn pine beetle episode described in the NYT video link below is just nature’s way of restoring appropriate forest density after a century of fire suppression and forest. As recognized by the govt of British Columbia "this disease-causing beetle can actually restore more natural and stable conditions to the dense forests created by decades of fire control." This is not the crisis some make it out to be. If the goal is to store carbon we should just leave the large trees in the forest where they will decay more slowly than if they are converted into sawdust and short-lived wood products. 9 months ago